diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 5e2f85c..1cfe212 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Babel==1.3
+Babel==2.9.1
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-Babel==0.9
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==1.0
diff --git a/requirements_py3.txt b/requirements_py3.txt
index 8f4660c..68ec46d 100644
--- a/requirements_py3.txt
+++ b/requirements_py3.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Babel==1.3
+Babel==2.9.1
 Cython==0.20.1
 Flask==0.10.1
 Flask-Babel==0.9